The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-10-07

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oPso ~ ths eraoe inoernafIo, n vsckf roce
oroko under unfavornhls circums&ances.
heavy, amokv Mia. olmo~e 4 60. nm
over The hay. ana What lltelo wind ehsr
was scarcely suflcsd % rippls ~ uassr
IsEvoryb BODY predicted thot a vvonla ~ ,
Thistle day. Il ther, should - anv r,cs 4
| all AZ early - Ave O'Clock 4
1 The morning thousands a. pcrson,
were astir and ~ reaiinsss (.
seek whatever convevap - We availahl<
1 20 The scene q he ereat contest ana ~
I excursion steamers were allied % thslu
! utmost capacity e : vcrv early hour. and
I when d was stiu a hour before the start
( Ing time cho upper NV We I floatinr
I city. The water all round he 0agshir
+. Electra was allied I'd and everywhere
hands plavsd and vhiseles blev. For two
hours Or more The meat llsst lav II the bay
waiting for Z wind. The slight breess had
died QUE and The chances were that there
would Be- no race. A noon approached.
however. Z eonfls breexs sprane IN. AZ
11:l5 the Thistle began 20 stand II toward
Bay Ridge. and the voluntssrss sails
partly 6lled.
shortly after twelve O'Clock the Electra
blew her whistle and shs starting line
was croesed. Before the preparatorv
starting. guns were nred. The Thistle
sailed past the Electra with an sails sst
except The balloon lib and spinnaksr.
The Volunteer cruised about in : small
sprces, and the two yachts created great
sensation.
The fog By l2:15 D. n. had nearly dis.
appeared, and the southerly breeze grew
stronger. The preparatory starting gun
was fired q 12:2Q AZ 1874 Z second gun
was 1red By accident, through some one
tampering with the electric firing ap-
paratus. At this time both yachts were
IN = favorable position for starting, but q
the Electra signals were unchanged neither
crossed the line.
The starting gun was 0r.d &C 12:a1, and
both boats almost immediately headed Tor
the line. Both carried maiusail club top
sail and three ibis. The Thistle was
slightly in the lead. hut there was not
more than two hundred feet between che
boats. The oflicial starting time was:
Thistle. 13:33 O6: Volunteer 13:34:h6 -
Both yachts crossed the line on the porn
tack The moment they were on the
great neet Of pleasure boats started after
them, followed later by the Electra. which /
BOON overhauld the crowd. Then hap
pened one Of the most remarkable things \
over seen In . yacht race In this harbor. |
The two yachts went into the
hundred fest ahead q TIE
volunteer, and came out with the volun.
eer . good half mile ahead Of the Thistle.
he Volunteer booming along A. Z rreaf
ate Of speed, while the Thistle was stand
ng almost dead still The reason Of this
vas that the Volunteer had caught thu
rind like . feather, and the Thistle had
aught none. A little while later the
'histle caught the wind. and started on
{ better pace.
Half an hour after the start the Vol
nteer vas fully I mile il the lead. The
ing lead Of the Volunteer was ascribed %
uperior seamanship IL holding IN 20 ira
rst tack towards Staten Island and
ntching the breeze on shore. After
while the Thistle got more wind. and re-
uced the Volunteers lead. and n two
clock the Scotch boat was appsrrntlv
ot more than three quarters
Z mile behind. wbiIe ~ s.1s
d more than half mile separated the
70, although the Thistle vas 4 Quarter az
mile to the leeward. At 2:3) the VOL
1teer was only three-ei4hths or = mile
read. The wind was incrcasinr =.